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Mountain Canjo Rag 4 String Fretless Cookie Tin Body Banjo Dobro Guitar Mark Stowe

Posted by Mark Stowe on November 19, 2010 at 7:40pm
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Tags: Guitar, Dobro, Banjo, slide, bottleneck
Just posted this to show a different style of playing for a fretless monster.Part banjo, part dobro, part guitar. A cookie tin body with a poplar wood neck.Four stings tuned to G-B-D-g with a Piezo Transducer taped inside.Real mountain banjos tended to use animal skin for the drum head. However I find that a cookie tin body works just fine for what I do.Normally I would have this thing tuned to something like E-B-E-b or D-G-B-d. But I do like this G-B-D-g open G tuning a lot

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  • Bluesheart November 26, 2010 at 6:30am
    Nice tone, great playin'!
  • W.T. Tarapchak November 21, 2010 at 11:34am
    Great sound...great playing!!!
  • Mark Stowe November 20, 2010 at 11:37am
    The string are lite gauge electric guitar strings. It's loud because I go a Piezo Transducer taped inside of it. I have to be careful with the amp settings to avoid too much feedback.
  • Uncle John November 20, 2010 at 9:11am
    Wow, Mark. What surprising bassy, bluesy tone and your always good playing. I always want to learn something from your videos. What strings are you using?
  • Mike Bingham November 19, 2010 at 11:09pm
    Well done all the way around!
  • Tres Seaver November 19, 2010 at 10:45pm
    Nice riff, and a good growly tone.
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